Egg-opener.



N- L. ANTHONY.

EGG OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. 1913.

1,097,283. Patented May 19, 1914.

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Application filed April 5, Serial No. 759,188.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, NOEL L. ANTHONY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Granston, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Egg-Openers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in eggopeners, and the primary object of the invention is to provide means forpositively effecting cutting of the egg in two parts, by firstpenetrating the shell to allow the cutter to ente and complete thecutting action.

Further, the invention aims toiprovidean improved structure of simpleand economical construction, which'will cut the egg easily and quickly.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2is a transverse section, showing the cutting knife at the inception ofits cutting move ment. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the cuttingknife at the completion of its cutting movement. Fi 4 is a sideelevation, and Fig. 5 is an en arged front end elevation of the memberthat pivotally connects the knife and body.

The invention consists of but two mem bers, namely a, body 1 and acutting .knife 2. The body is of tubular form, and is preferablyconstructed of a sheet of spring metal, that is bent into tubular formand is provided at its meeting port ons with outturned ears 3 thatprovide finger engaging parts. As shown in the drawings, the ears are-in engagement with each other, in which position they are held by thefingers of the operator, in order that thebody will clam the egg on theinterior thereof to positively hold same during the cutting action, andupon completion of the cutting of the egg, the ears are released whicha1 ows the body, due to the spring property of the metal of which it isconstructed, to spring open, thus permitting theegg to be easilyremoved.

The body 1 is formed with a slot 4 in which the cutting knife operates,the latter having a handle portion 5 at it's free end and a curved heel6 at its inner end, the latter being pointed so as to easily enter theegg shell.. The cutting blade is pivoted to the body'by means of amember 7, which latter is formed of asheet metal blank that is bent tohave parallel spaced sides 8 connected at their tops by means of acrosspiece 9, the cutting knife being pivoted by means of a pin or rivet 10in the space between said sides 8. The sides extend through the slot' 4,and their lower, ends are turned outwardly away from each-other at 11 inorder to provide feet which are suitably and rigidly secured to theinner circumference of the body on opposite sides of the slot 4. Thecross piece9 acts to engage the rear side of the cutting knife tothereby restrict the outward movement thereof, the end wall 12 formed bythe slot 4. acting to similarly limit the cutting movement of the knife.

In operation, the egg is placed in the body and" the latter is thencaused to clamp the egg, whereupon the knife'is moved from the positionshown in Fig. 2 to that depicted in Fig.3. Due to thelocation of thecutting heel of the knife it will be seen that great purchase isobtained to force the point through the egg shell after which the bladewill readily enter to complete the cutting action. 1 I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Let'- ters Patent 1. In an egg' opener, a tubular body having atransverse slot, a member having spaced parallel sides that extendthrough the slot, the inner ends of said sides being turned outwardlyand. secured to the inner circumference of the body, the outer ends ofthe sides .being connected by a crosspiece, acutting knife pivoted inthe'space between said sides and being for engagement with the crosspiece. i

2. In an egg opener, a resilient tubular body having normally separatedopposed finger engaging portions-by means of which said finger engagingportions may be manually brought together so as to clamp an egg on theinterior of the body, and egg cutting means borne by the body.

3. In an egg opener, an egg receiving member having an arcual slot, aU-shaped element having outturned feet secured to said body at one endof the slot, and a knife pivoted between the legs of said element, saidknife having its movements limited by said element and the wall formedby the opposite end of the slot.

4. In combination with an egg holder, a knife, a pointed heel whichprojects considerably beyond the inner. end of the knife, In testimonywhereof I have signed my and means to pivot the knife to the holder nameto this specification in the presence of whereby when the knife is movedto cutting two subscribing Witnesses.

position the heel will penetrate the egg prior NOEL L. ANTHONY.. to thecommencement of the cutting action Witnesses:

of the knife, the pivotal point being located ADA E. HAGERTY,

at a distance to. the rear of the heel. J. A. MILLER.

